Good News! Chariots A-Comin'!

To those who have taken the "Tambourine" Music Together class, the title is a reference to one of the upbeat songs from that collection. The Chariot is the brand of our stroller/jogging stroller/bike trailer. It's a super-cool transformer that folds down into our not-really-family-sized-car that Evvie enjoys riding (and napping) in.

We took a Memorial Day ride around the rural north end of Bath- passing Merrymeeting Bay, a field of horses, a pond of geese, a field of Beefalo, and many acres of golfers. It was a great family ride with Evvie enjoying most of it before nodding off.

MAMA CAN DUNK!

Bubbles with Family

Saturday was the celebration of cousin Lindsay's graduation from college, so we ventured up to Lake Messalonskee to celebrate.


Mama blew bubbles to pique her interest in the fantastic floating spheroids...



Then Grammy helped to show her how to dip and blow gently...

...It wasn't long before we saw her blow her first bubble!



Evvie became obsessed with blowing the bubbles / licking the bubble wand for the rest of the day! She really didn't want to leave the party after having so much fun with Iris & Ava, Grammy & Mommy.

Plantin' a Wet One!

Today peaked out at 93 degrees. A scorcher!
Evvie had a lot of fun today in, out, and around her pool. She started by wading around and bending down to splash for awhile, but when daddy got in, she sat on his lap and splashed and splashed. Gradually her diaper got heavier...and heavier...and heavier. She kept grapping it and saying "saggy, saggy", a word she must have picked up at daycare that amused me with each refrain.

Here she is dripping/spitting water, and carrying quite a heavy load...

...we went au natural after I took this picture.

Stillness and Movement

Evvie's been reading by herself here and there lately. She climbs up into the rocker, asks for books and flips through the pages while babbling. Occasionally descriptive words come out. I've gotta say, I'm so thrilled at how much she likes books. We usually read to her for a total of an hour or so a day, and now she's reading to herself, too! I think the days of a flashilight under the covers are coming up ala the voracious reading appetite of Aunt Amy.

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Baby Tai Chi?

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This afternoon was beautiful, so we pulled the pool out of the basement and filled it up. The water was a little cold, so we just splashed from the outside while the sun warmed the water. Evelyn enjoyed tossing her cup in the water, fishing it out and repeating. We're looking forward to actually getting in the pool tomorrow.

Latest Checkup

Evvie had her 18 month checkup yesterday. I spoke to Dr. Tracy today regarding her iron levels and her hematocrit numbers are exactly where Dr. Tracy wants them (35). She mentioned that it was a fairly dramatic rise (4 points), probably not solely based on the on the iron drops alone, and that her diet must be including more iron. Ironic- the phone call came 20 minute after Evvie gobbled up more spinach than I've ever seen her eat for lunch. We can officially shake the title of being "slighty anemic".

As far as the visit went, Evelyn was a bit timid and cranky, but the crucial shots were made and blood taken for the hematocrit.

New Stats:

Weight: 22 lbs. 2 oz
6%

Length: 32"
52%

Head: 18.5"
68%

If you're worried about her weight, Dr. Tracy isn't. "She's got plenty of subcutaneous fat," Dr. Tracy says. Plus, her percentile has double from 3% 3 months ago. It's nice to see her length in the mid-range I must say up from 35% just three months ago). She's really gone through a growth spurt and is long and lean like her mom. She also is swelling and has a pretty big head- like her dad.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...

Who's the silliest baby of them all?

Backrubs for Everyone!

Mama came home with a back rub tool from her NP conference and, after a brief demonstration, Evvie took a real shine to it...

She did mama bear...

..she did fuzzy bear...

Ruby wasn't so sure she liked the look of the tool in Evvie's hand...

...but then she felt the BLISS!

Visit to Turner

Another trip to Turner, another weekend with the grandparents. After a nap, Evvie snuggles with Grover and Grandpa while she feeds her baby.



Later, Grandpa shows her the weeds he's successfully rototilling into oblivion so they can plant a nice garden.


Evvie spends some time at her favorite location in Grammy's house- the stairs. She's sporting a new and functional hairstyle to keep the bangs out of her eyes.

Evvie is shy around new people, but a prankster at home. She invented a game where she pulls her hand into her sleeve and shouts "Oh No!". Then she pokes her hand out and giggles. This game had been in existence for a few weeks, but today it morphed into a new variation, wherein she puts her hand into a boot and shouts, "Oh No!" You can probably guess what happens next.

She's also taken to saying "Thank you much" when she hands an object over. It's incredibly sweet.

Ready to Ride!

Evvie insisted that we put our helmets on despite having alreadty stroller-biked that day. I'm glad it's not a struggle to get her to wear it.